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There is no point at which you can say, "Well, I'm successful now. I might as well take a nap."
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If my life wasn't funny it would just be true, and that is unacceptable.
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I like the community of acting better than the prison of writing. I like sets.
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The trouble with getting introspective when you're pregnant is that you never know who you might run into.
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Don't you see? We've become smart enough to justify stupid behavior. Like, 'I'm angry at him and I didn't express it, so I turned my anger inward and now it's depression, so in order to feel good again, what I should do is call him and express my anger.' It's like, if we can make it sound smart enough, we're allowed to do stupid things.
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He's a very strange guy, my father. I can't get mad at him because he's so adorable.
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Drugs made me feel more normal.
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I was born on October 21, 1956 in Burbank, California. My father, Eddie Fisher, was a famous singer. My mother, Debbie Reynolds, was a movie star. Her best-known role was in 'Singin' In The Rain.'
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I mean, that's at least in part why I ingested chemical waste - it was a kind of desire to abbreviate myself. To present the CliffNotes of the emotional me, as opposed to the twelve-column read.
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I used to want to gamble, too, until I was 20 and could actually go to a casino. Then I wasn't so crazy about the attitude.
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My inner world seems largely to consist of three rotating emotions: embarrassment, rage, and tension. Sometimes I feel excited, but I think that's just positive tension.
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I think of my body as a side effect of my mind.
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There's no room for demons when you're self-possessed.
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Guys are great before you know who they are,' said Lucy. 'They're great when you're still with who they might be.
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I think of my body as a side effect of my mind. Like a thought I had once that manifested itself-- Oops! Oh no! Manifested. Look at this. Now we have to buy clothes and everything.
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If you're manic-depressive and you're functioning in this world and doing it all well, I think, wow, you should be proud of being able to say, this is what I'm getting through right now.
Carrie Fisher -
I've often said to myself, "Thank God I can write, 'cause this is hilarious." I actually wanted to go into all that more in the book, but my editor thought it was too crazy.
Carrie Fisher -
I was telling some people in my dressing room some of my other stories, my psychotic break, and blah, blah, blah, and no, they kind of look at you and it's just not what they wanted to hear.
Carrie Fisher -
I envy people who have the capacity to sit with another human being and find them endlessly interesting, I would rather watch TV. Of course this becomes eventually known to the other person.
Carrie Fisher -
I say more power to [Madonna], though I don't know how much more power is out there.
Carrie Fisher
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Finding the cutest guy in A.A. is like finding the cutest loony in the bin.
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I was street smart, but unfortunately the street was Rodeo Drive.
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A story a friend told me about being in New York and meeting this Latin-lover kind of guy. They went up to her hotel room, and the guy kind of pounced on her and told her to spread her legs, shouting, "Surrender the pink! Surrender the pink!" That's where it's from.
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If talking were aerobic, I'd be the thinnest person in the world.
Carrie Fisher